How does a team with four franchise players lose so much?

[lebeast666]

Chuckbe Cryant

[knickswin]

A big reason why I'm constantly at odds with most Laker fans here.

pau's not and probably never has been a "number 1" guy but I think I agree that he still could be a great number 2 on the right team. he's being marginalized and there's not much he can do to change the situation.

I think the lakers' problems are as follows
1.) no youth which means bad perimeter defense and not enough dribble penetration
2.) kobe's jupiter-sized ego. he should average ~20 shots, not ~25!
3.) weak bench
4.) dwight's a hack

[ClutchOver9000]

pau's not and probably never has been a "number 1" guy but I think I agree that he still could be a great number 2 on the right team. he's being marginalized and there's not much he can do to change the situation.

I think the lakers' problems are as follows
1.) no youth which means bad perimeter defense and not enough dribble penetration
2.) kobe's jupiter-sized ego. he should average ~20 shots, not ~25!
3.) weak bench
4.) dwight's a hack

5.) shit coach

[STATUTORY]

bunch of past "franchise" players that don't know how to defer

[Lebron23]

Lakers are a poorly constructed team. You are not going to win some games with just outscoring your opponents. They need to play some tough defense. Kobe being the leader of his team needs to get his teammates involve in the offense. He also needs to take smarter, more efficient shots.

[knickswin]

Lakers are a poorly constructed team. You are not going to win some games with just outscoring your opponents. They need to play some tough defense. Kobe being the leader of his team needs to get his teammates involve in the. offense. He also needs to take smarter, more efficient shots.

and he's not going to do that. kobe's been this way since 1996. actually, he's been this way since at least high school. there is no way he will adjust.

[clayton]

Kobe thinking stats first killed the team.

[LebronairJAMES]

Chemistry!

[miller-time]

Kobe thinking stats first killed the team.

Once he falls out of first place in scoring maybe he might change his mindset. Right now he has "everything" to lose. If it matters to him, once he has lost his position he might be able to focus on other things. Like playing actual basketball.

[TheBigVeto]

Blame Kobe - he isn't that great.

[Tycriss]

Defense

[jstern]

Chemistry. I think that if Kobe took less shots they would much better off.

[livingby3's]

how about if you switch 2 of your supposedly big 4 for 4 other very good role players. something tells me it's not easy to mesh 3 star players on 1 team, let alone 4. U got to have balance on a team. Penetration, shooting, man defense, help defense, slashing, play making etc, to add to that balance u got to factor in chemistry and age. A team ain't just about a few big names. the Lakers not playing as a 'team' is what will drag them out of the playoff picture

[ZenMaster]

Too many open jump shots missed, basically by everyone.

Too many forced shots by Kobe in the last few games, he often shoots a 1 jab wing shot instead of passing into the post etc.

Terrible defense by 3 starters Nash, Kobe and Pau.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

It's all Kobe's fault. Replace him with Alan Anderson and the team would be doing much better.